REMINDER - "Unleashing India's Innovation: Toward Sustainable and Inclusive Growth" discussed at the InfoShop on Tuesday, October 9 at 10:00 am in J1-050 (coffee and cookies served at 9:45 am)

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The Finance and Private Sector Development Unit, South Asia Region

cordially invite you to a book launch and panel discussion featuring
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| | Unleashing India's Innovation: |
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| | Mark Dutz (editor) |
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| | This is undoubtedly one of the most |
| | important policy reports from the |
| | World Bank in recent years. Energetic |
| | implementation of the policy |
| | proposals contained in this book will |
| | enable the economy to ensure that the |
| | present growth momentum is maintained |
| | and to achieve a growth miracle in |
| | the coming decades. This superb |
| | report requires full reading. |
| | Vijay Kelkar, Chairman, India |
| | Development Foundation, New Delhi |
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| | India's challenge over the next two |
| | decades will be to maintain and |
| | increase the encouraging growth rates |
| | over the past few years whilst |
| | empowering and investing in people, |
| | particularly poor people. Innovation |
| | and investment will be at the heart |
| | of any success. This important book |
| | provides a powerful analytical |
| | contribution to this challenge that |
| | will be of lasting value. |
| | Sir Nicholas Stern, Director, Asia |
| | Research Centre (ARC), IG Patel Chair |
| | and Head of ARC India Observatory, |
| | London School of Economics and |
| | Political Science |
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Tuesday, October 9
10:00 - 11:30 am
(Coffee and cookies will be served at 9:45 am)
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.

WELCOMING REMARKS AND CHAIR
Praful Patel
Vice President, South Asia Region, World Bank

SHORT VIDEO ON "UNLEASHING INDIA'S INNOVATION"

EDITOR AND AUTHOR
Mark Dutz
South Asia Region, World Bank

PANELISTS BY VIDEOCONFERENCE
Sam Pitroda
Chairman, National Knowledge Commission, New Delhi

Anand Patwardhan
Executive Director, Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council,
New Delhi

LOCAL PANELISTS
Carl Dahlman
Professor, Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service

Charles Wessner
Director, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, The National Academies

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